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' Leto@ 11mm No. 63,600, and April 2, 1867.

IMrRovsD toconorrvs ATTACHMENT.

To ALL wHoM 1r MAY concessi.

v'Beit known we, JOHN E. WOOTTEN and HENRY HAZEL, both of Cressona,Schuylkill county, Pennsylvania, have invented an Attachment forLocomotives; and-we do hereby declare the following to be a. full,clear, and Vexact description of the saine, reference being had tothe-accompanying drawing, and to the letters of reference markedthereon.

Our invention consists oi' a device, fully described hereafter, to beattached to a locomotive used in pushing oars alonga track adjacent. tothat traversed by the locomotive.v

In order to enable others to make and use our inventionme will nowproceed to describe its construction and operation. On reference to theaccompanying drawing, which forms a part of this speciiication Figure 1represents an 4end-view' of part of a locomotive, with our improvedramand appliances connected therewith. V

Figure 2, a side view of iig. 1; :and

Figure 3, a plan view.

Similar letters` refer to similar parts throughout the several views. y

Afrepresents the bumper-beam of4 a locomotive, and, to the front, nearone end of this beam, is secured-a braclilet, a, to which is hinged, bya pin, b, the beam B, which we denominate the ram To one side, near theouter end of this ram, a rod, C,{.is connected by adouble joint, d, asbest observed on reference to Figure 4, and this rodisconnectd'toanother rod, C', by a coupling, e, in such a inannerthat-the two rods may be readily disconnected ''r'onVeaclother."` Theouter' end of therod C is jointed to a lever, if, securedtoa'f'erticalshaft,"

D,which turns in the bumper-beam B, 'and thev upper end -of which i'sfurnished with a hand-wheel, h.' To the vertical shaft is also secured aratchet-wheel, i, tothe teeth of which is adapted the point of'a pawl,j, hinged to a pin on the top of the bumper-beam, and to the rear of thelutter is connected a spring seat, E, for the operator.

' The pin b, by which the `rain is jointed to the bumper-bear n, iscontinued below the latter, and on the pin, near its lower end, turnsone end of'a bracejF, theupper end of which is jointed to a spring, m,secured to the under side of the rain Bpnear the outer end of the same.brace,- G, serves to connect the lowerend of the pin' b to theframe 4orother permanent part of the locomotive.

At rail-road stations, where there` are-several'tracks, tnrnouts,switches, and frogs, itis usual to employ a v locomotive for theespecial purpose of transferring carsfromfone track to another,different appliances being used in connection with the locomotiveforpushing and pullingV the cars. In using our invention, the operatoroccupies the seat E, the wheeih being within reach of his hands, and thepawlj within reach of his foot, so that the-position and retentionvot`the v'ram B are under his control. 'supposing it be necessary to use thelocomotive traversing one truck topush n car or cars along:1u-adjacenttrack or turnout,the operator, by means of the handnvheel L,turns the ram outwards, as shown'in iig. 4,'until the outer forked endof thereinis in position to he brought in Contact with-the bumper-beam'or other permanent part of the carv to be pushed; hefthen secures theyrain in this position by pushingthepawlj into gear with 4theratchet-wheel z', and the locomotive, continuingi'tscoursefalong onetrack, .will push l-the car along the other. When the use of` the ramisnot required, therods C and Care disconnected from eachother, ltheformer being folded against the 'ram and connected to a hook,

, andA thevrodGZ.beiu'gl-iold'ed Beneath `the,bumper-beam, and connectedtoa hook or hooks on the same, after 'irliichTh'Z-ranri 'eltislfolded'against thebumper-beai'n, and connected thereto by any'suitableappliances. The hooker, at one end of thehumper-beam, is broughtinto-use when cars have to be'drawn `along a track adjacent to that"traversed bv the locomotive-,the hoolc'rleceivingthe rope or chainconnected to the car. Asv the `ram is subjected to somewhatviolontshocks, itis important that-thelatter should not be transferredin their full fierce either tothe rodsQCfhnd appliances'for 'operati-ngthe same,vo`r toithe'brace F. ",E'helutter is relieved from the violenceoi'th'e shocks by connecting it tothe spring m secured to theram,"insteadof directly to the same,

. andthe rods-O and C boing connected together' by a yielding coupling,theviolence of the shock is in a measure absorbed. A'lhiscoupling isunide'by a'tulers'ecured by a detachable pirylto the rod Cif, andarranged to-slide 4on the rod C, thelntter having'va collar-betweenwhich and,thefcouplipgihtervenes ,aspiral spring.

We claim asour ihver'itiomfanddosre tofsecure' byLetters Patent- `Il.The ram B, hinged to the bumper-beam of a locomotive, for the purposeherein set forth. 4 A

2. The combination of the ram. B, connecting-rods C Of, lever f, and verarranged on a. locomotive, substantially in. the mannerand for 3. Thesaid connecting-rod y 4. The combination ofthe r In testimony whereof wWitnesses.

and arranged to operate substantially as and fioul shaft D, thc wholebeing the purpose described.

:md connected together' by a yielding coupling, all as set forth. am Band-brace F with the pin '11, by whch'vthe said ram is hinged to thelocornotivc. e have signed our names to this' specification in thepresence of two' subscribing J. E. WOOTTEN. H. HAZEL.

Witnesses W. H. BINES,

CHAS. U. DENGLER.

